Winemaker Notes
This Chardonnay is a rich straw yellow in color. Lovely complex aromas of white peach rise from the glass balanced with soft notes of oak, savory cream and hints of minerality. On the palate, a seamless integration of fruit, oak and acidity gives a mouth filling richness to finish.
Serve with baked trout and herb salad.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
Shows good intensity to the Meyer lemon, pear and yellow apple flavors, featuring a thread of lanolin and sesame seed that adds a savory note. Smooth and succulent, with a juicy finish.
One of the most popular and versatile white wine grapes, Chardonnay offers a wide range of flavors and styles depending on where it is grown and how it is made. While it tends to flourish in most environments, Chardonnay from its Burgundian homeland produces some of the most remarkable and longest lived examples. California produces both oaky, buttery styles and leaner, European-inspired wines. Somm Secret—The Burgundian subregion of Chablis, while typically using older oak barrels, produces a bright style similar to the unoaked style. Anyone who doesn't like oaky Chardonnay would likely enjoy Chablis.
Nestled into the tip of its southeastern coastline, Victoria is Australia’s smallest mainland state, second most populous and third largest wine producer. Victoria includes the cool regions of Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula and Geelong, made famous mainly by impressive Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
The more inland Heathcote and Bendigo lead the way for complex and textured, full-bodied reds. Rutherglen’s fortified wines compete among the best on the planet.